Improvement in potato-bug destroyers



J. JACOBSEN. POTATO-BUGDESTROYERS.

No. 195,014. Paten'tedSept.11, 1877.'

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JACOB JAOOBSEN, OF SWAN LAKE, DAKOTA TERRITORY.

IMPROVEMENT lN POTATO-BUG DESTROVERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 195,014, datedSeptember 11, 1877 application filed April 9, 1877.

To all whom itmay concern Be it known that I, JACOB J ACOBSEN, of SwanLake, in the county of Turner and Territory of Dakota, have invented anew and Improved Apparatus for Destroying Potato- Bugs, of which thefollowing is a specificatiOn:

Figure 1 is a perspective view with a portion removed to show theconstruction more clearly. Fig. 2 is 'a transverse section on line as a;in Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and inexpensiveapparatus for removing potato-bugs from the vines and conveying them toa place where they may be burned or otherwise destroyed.

In the drawing, A A are heads, which are attached diagonally to thehandles B, which are crossed and pivoted at a, and operate after themanner of a pair of shears. From these heads fingers 0 project, whichare oppositely inclined in the two heads, so that the fingers of onehead overlap those of the other head as the heads are closed together.

D D are wire loops, that are attached to the heads A,for supporting thebags E. These bags extend over the heads A, and are provided with anelastic cord in their upper edge, which may be placed in notches in theends of the fingers G.

F F are wire loops hinged to the heads A, and provided with springsGthat are attached to the heads A and to the said wire loops.

H isa cord, which passes through eyes that project from the heads A, theends of which cord are attached to the loops F. A spring, I, is attachedto the handles B for drawing them together.

The manner of using my improved apparatus is as follows: The handles Bare opened and the teeth 0 are inserted in a potato-vine, the bag Ebeing in a horizontal position, or nearly so. The loop F is now workedso as to brush the bugs from the vine by drawing the cord H. When it isdesired to close the bag and carry away the bugs, the elastic cord inthe upper edge of the bag is placed in the notches in the ends of thefingers, and the heads A are closed together, and the bugs are thencarried away and destroyed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The handles B, heads A, having fingers O, the fixedhoops D, bags E, and movable loops F, in combination, substantially asshown and described.

JACOB JAGOBSEN.

Witnesses STEPHEN ()LNEY, O. O. STUHOUG.

